Monday, January 31, 2011

To say 'Thanks' we asked some of our Favorite Ladies if they would help us show our Gratitude.

And they said YES!

So without further Ado we present our 2,000 'Thank You's' Giveaway!!!!!

Dolce Vita Mia is your one stop shop for all things pretty! Featuring custom made hair blooms for little girls and big girls too! You will find one of a kind CHIC headbands, tutu and pettiskirt sets! Perfect for birthdays, weddings or photography props! Supporting the handmade movement one beautiful baby at a time!

Finley & Oliver Modern apparel for children. All of the appliques are hand or machine stitched on to high quality, made in the USA (sweatshop free) American Apparel garments. And Eco-fi felt which is a wonderful felt made out of 100% post consumer recycled plastic bottles. How cool is that?

Frog Prince Paperie where it all starts with a kiss of magic...weaving imagination, whimsy and flair together to create unique printables that sets the perfect tone for your event. Frog Prince Paperie creates high quality customized printable invitations and party accessories sure to get the party started!

Winner will be chosen on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 8:00pm (PST). Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents only. Winner will be chosen using random.org. This is a sponsored post for The Savvy Moms Guide.

Friday, January 28, 2011

When it comes to parties, really the sky is the limit. You can create a party around a theme, a character, a color or in this Friday's Feature, a word. Christi of P is For Party created her son's 2nd Birthday around a word that best describes him, "Silly". This green and orange "Sillybration" was first featured on the extraordinary Kate Landers Events and definitely kept us there for a while with all of the details that Christi so perfectly polished!

And how is this for an invitation? Christi worked with her designer friend Haley Hardcastleto create a kid friendly as well as fun invitation. Each guest received a colorful invite that was placed inside a mailing tube along with a sweet surprise, confetti and a blower!! Talk about creative!!

One of our favorite party trends right now are these 36" Round balloons.These balloon make a BIG statement and come in lots of fun colors!

In keeping with the "Sillybration" Christi set out a "Let's Get Silly" station for the kids. Christi's friend Haley also designed the sign which she placed in an IKEA frame. This activity station was made up of an orange tub from Target that was also filled with the coordinating party colors; jumbo glasses, maracas, toy microphones, and white feather boas. This is a relatively inexpensive idea which I am sure had the biggest impact when it came to two year olds!!! Most of these items can be found at your local Dollar Tree.

The colors of the party were perfectly carried out on to the dessert table. Since dessert tables have become the big "Ta-Da!" of parties, Christi simply used a 4X6 board and covered it with fun fabric as her backdrop. She then placed 2 boxwood topiaries on each side of the table giving it balance and that POP! of green.

The cake, which was the centerpiece of the dessert table was perfectly silly!

The boxwood topiary balls placed in white ceramic pots also from IKEA were carried out on to the guests tables. These were a perfect kid-friendly centerpiece idea and can be re-used again and again! There were also centerpiece sticks created by Kelly Lyden of The Party Dress that were placed in the same white ceramic pots filled with white crinkle paper.

One of our signature touches to our Play Parties are Placemats. We just loved this party detail. Each place setting had a custom placematthat added color and fun to the tables!

We may sound like a broken record but this was probably our favorite part of the whole party!!! For food, Christi treated the parents and kids to a Gourmet Grilled Cheese Station.....doesn't get any better than that!!! A great idea for food for those cold Winter Birthday's!! She also had peanut butter and banana sandwiches, as well as chips and fruit.

A warm touch to the party were these green and orange throws from IKEA that were placed out for the guests to cuddle up with.

{Photography by Melanie Pereira}We just loved how Christi pulled this "Sillybration" off with so many SAVVY touches! For more inspiration and well if you just want to sit and stare some more, head over to Kate Landers Events to view more photos from this amazing day! Make sure you also check out more of Christi's party inspirations over at P is For Party.

Thank You Christi for sharing your creativity, you are an inspiration!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Congratulations to LeAnna Taylor!! You are the winner of the Oh Fiddlesticks! Giveaway. Please contact us with your information.

We are so excited to start the 2011 year off with a fabulous Giveaway!! We would like to introduce you to a wonderfully talented duo known as 'Oh Fiddlesticks!'. Melissa and Jen are two 'hip mommas' who have evolved their favorite colors, fabrics, vintage art, stripes, dot and compound words into one adorable shirt concept. Their fun and unique compound shirts were designed around an idea that was "born" in Melissa's first grade classroom. Pair up the drawing talents of Jen and you have got one trendy and playful line of clothing!

We just love the whole idea of their shirts, it is pure genius! COW + GIRL, CUP + CAKE, BOOK + WORM, ROCK + STAR are just a few of their clever designs. And of course they are the ORIGINALS when it comes to the secret mustache and bow tie shirt! You can see all these clever designs, colors and styles in their ETSY shop.

Melissa and Jen were so very kind to offer our Savvy followers this 'Oh Fiddlesticks!' original 'Vintage Silhouette' tee. This vintage design with a modern day twist can be yours by doing the following:

Friday, January 21, 2011

Kim from The TomKat Studio is our Feature Friday Savvy Stylist. Kim is owner and Party Stylist/Creative Director of The TomKat Studio where she shares fabulous party planning and decorating ideas. If you have not heard of TomKat, you must be living under a rock!! Kim's line of printables and Savvy stylings are always an inspiration to us. This Valentine's Day, Kim has created a spin on the traditional pink and red Valentine colors, creating a MOD Glam Valentine's Day printable line. We just love the pops of turquoise and yellow with accents of black and white polka dots!

All of the YUMMY Mod treats were created by Decadent DelightsThe sugared fondant hearts add lots of love and lots of GLAM to the table!

We have been seeing a lot of Ruffle details to many parties, clothing and home accessories lately and we just LOVE this trend! Did you notice all the fun and frilly Ruffle pillows used in this shoot? Kim was inspired by another great team of designers Icing Designs

who she has worked with in the past to create this adorable DIY crepe paper lollipops. She placed one of her 4" Party Circles on top and instantly added fun to the table.